Match-safe.



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MATCH-SAFE.

Application :Filed July 2, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Serial No. 570,032.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ItorUs LAY- 'roN, of the town of Paris, in thecounty of Brant, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Match-Safes, of which thefollowing is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements 1n match safes, and the object ofthe invention is to devise a simple, cheaply manufactured device of thisclass, which may be filled in bulk from the ordinary box at oneoperation and thereby save the tedious manner of tilling usually knownto such match safes.

A further object is to make the safe of such a construction that onlyone match will be delivered or ejected at each operation.

A still further object is to provide a means whereby the matches may bealways held in proper position for delivery.

My invention consists of a safe having a front delivery chute. aninclined hinged adjustable match holding chute, an inclined support forholding the same in its normal position, a delivery gate hinged in thefront above the delivery chute and designed to coact with the lower endof the holding chute, a crank handle connected to the adjustable chute,wire eveners held above the holding chute and designed to rest upon thematches. the parts being otherwise constructed and arranged in detail ashereinafter more par ticularly explained.

Figure l, is a perspective view of my match safe partially broken awayto show the parts involved in my invention. Fig. 2, is a longitudinalsection through Fig. l. Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section of amodification.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is the match safe having t-he side walls A', the back wall A2, and thefront wall A3.

B is an inclined support, which extends at the front in the form of acurved delivery chute B.

4C is the match holding chute, which is held at C on the back wall A2.

D is a delivery gate, which is hinged at- D beneath the front wall A3and is provided with a curved lower portion D2 and ending in an inclinedstraight portion D3.

D4 is a spring fastened at one end to the front wall A3 and normallyexerting a resilient pressure upon the delivery gate D. The

holding chute C normally abuts the inclined portion D3 of the deliverygate D.

E is a lug secured to the bottom of the holding chute C.

F is a crank spindle connected by a link F to the lug E at the outer endof the crank. The crank spindle F is jo-urnaled in the side walls at A4and is provided with the usual crank handle F2.

The matches are placed at the top of the holding chute C, such matchesbeing placed from a box in bulk on the holding chute C and a wirefollower Gr of sufficient weight is placed upon the top of the matchesas indicated by full lines in Fig. l. The matches. however, are notshown but the position of the follower is shown- The follower consistsof a wire in U-shape form, the looped end passing through slots A5 inthe back wall A2.

A6 is an apron forming la guard for the hinge of the holding chute C.The matches all lie straight across the holding chute C and are heldfrom top to bottom in such a position, so as to feed evenly by theweight of the wire Gr.

By turning the crank handle F2 the adjustable hinged chute C is throwninto the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and a match will passdown between the end thereof and the curvular portion D2 of the deliverygate D. By releasing the crank handle the holding chute is restored tothe normal position the spring H acting upon the crank spind e F to thisend.

It will thus be seen that the matches are held and delivered practicallyone at a time into the chute B and the handling of the matches in thesafe avoided and the hand ling of and the consequent waste of matches asis now commonly done is obviated.

In Fig. 3 I sho-w a straight gate D5, which is held against the supportB2 by a spring D6. In this ligure I also show a delivery chute B3 ofsubstantially arc-shape form and located at the bottom of the matchsafe. The matches are intended to be taken out from the side of thisform of chute. A hinged holding plate C2 is provided and the bot-tom ofthe plate B2 is provided with a widened notch or opening B4 throughwhich extends an inclined plate H held in'suitable guide-ways H on theside of the safe and abutting at the top the plate C2. Spiral springs Iare connected to the side of the safe at one end and to the plate H atthe opposite end and serve to normally hold the plate in the lowermostposition. F* is a crank spindle, which is designed to co-ac. with theplate H. The crank spindle is manipulated by a suitable crank end, so asto hold the crank, the plate H and the delivery gate D5 into theposition shown by dot-ted lines in this figure when it is desired to de-` liver a match. The crank and the lowermost match or matches are heldon the bottom notched end of the supporting plate B2 and consequentlywhen the plate I-I and delivery gate D5 are thrown into the positionindicated in this ligure the balance of the matches are cut oif and amatch is allowed to drop over the notched end of the supporting plateB2. This form is not quite as etlicient as the forni I have hereinbeforedescribed, but shows a modification, which may be adopted withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention. In fact various changes maybe made in the form of the operating parts without departing from thespirit of my invention. I 4wish it to be understood in thisspecification that I do not wish to limit myself to the exact formshown.

What I claim as my invent-ion is:

l. A match safe comprising the case or -boX proper, an internal bracingand bearing support, a stationary delivery chute at the bottom endthereof, an inclined hinged holding chute for the matches located abovethe support and hinged at the back, a co-acting resilient delivery gatehaving a bottom for- A wardly projecting portion and means beneaththe-tilting bottom and intermediate of the length of the same forraising the bottom of the holding chute up clear of the bottom edge ofthe forwardly projecting portion of the delivery gate, so as to leave aspace between such bottom edge and the forwardly projecting portionspecified.

2. A match safe comprising the case or box proper, an internal bracingand bearing support, a stationary delivery chute at the bottom endthereof, an inclined hinged holding chute for the matches located abovethe support and hinged at the back, a co-acting resilient delivery gatehaving a bottom arc shape forwardly projecting portion, and meansbeneath the tilting bottom and intermediate of the length of the samefor raising the bottom of the holding chute up clear of the bottom edgeof the forwardly projecting portion of the delivery gate, so as to leavea space between such bottom edge and the forwardly projecting portion asspecified.

JAMES RUFUS LAYTON. Witnesses:

B. BOYD, H. PRESTON.

